The Sun. — London, England, 1808-08-08 00:00:00

SECOND EDITIO'S. SUN-OFFICE, , - THREE O'CLOCk, p. , WE hav e been fivnuted with the following, OEN- D;s7htches from Generals CASTANKOS and T14.1-Y to the Sqiireine Junta of Seville, announcing the glorious N , ithory over General rupoNT. " MOST SERENE LORD, " I have the satilfadion to inform your Highness of the complete Vitiory which has been gained since the Battle of Baylen. Gen. DUPONT is a Prisoner of War, with all his division, arms, artillery, baggage, .&c. The remainder who were not engaged in the anion, although they did net 'share this fate, are included in the capitulation, and obliged to return to France by sea, that not a Frenchman may remain in Andalusia. My Nephew, Colo- nel Don PEDRO &GUSTIN GIROti, will communi- rate the details of the affair; in the mean time assure your Highness that the gallantry of the Officers and Soldiers, and their constancy wider toils and privations are worthy of the just estima tion in which the army deserves•to be held 'by your Highness, and of the Confidence I entertained'of their patrioiisal and zeal for the public cause. " I venture to request of your Excellency the full- filment, in my name, of the vow made by me to de- dicate this aaion to the glorious San Fernando. F i " May God preserve you many years. gr XAVIER DE CASTANOS. " Head-quarter s , at Andujar, 21st july To the most Serene Suirrente junta of Go vernittent." The followin g i s another ',Ater from his Eimer- !ency Count De TILLY : " Yesterday, the 20th July, Spain, or more pro- perl', your Highness's army, gained the Moseco rn- 'pieta victory the Nation has for many Centniiei bp- held in these parts. The 'reSolt has been similar ,tar 'that of Bnylen ; in o n e moment the Ancialusiaus lave been freed from the French arms. - • • " The divigion of Damn. with all its baggage , its booty, and all its Generals are Prisoners of War; and the other Clivisibns which occupy bis Majesty's dornihions, froth tl sunittit Of the Slerra to Bay . . len, are to evamiate the Peninsula by sea.-- This is the principal point of 'the treaty, which Central CAsTANos and thyself had the SitiifaCtion to sign last night , and as we withdrew from the held at Midnight in want of sleeli, and rest, T can tot immediately send your Highness the particulirs 'of the Capitulation, or of the events which hive taken place, but will do it as early as possiblds " The most agreeable intelligence will be car- lied by the Lieutenant-Colonel of the column of Provincial Grenadiers, Don Pepao JEROME, an Of- ficer of the greatest merit, and who, by talents and courage on many occasions, and 'particularly in this army, has rendered himself worthy of any favour your Highness may bestow upon him. " I have direaed that the Oath of Allegiance to our Sovereign King FERDINAND VII. which has not yet been taken in this City, should be adrhinis-:, tered - tn-day, that Te Dewz shoUld he sung and an Illumination made for three night's. - " God preserve your Higtiliess many years. . " Most Serene Lord, " Count DE TILLY. " The Mnst Selene lord theTresiuent. and Member,: or the Supreme ;Unra Of Spain and tiie IHdies•" The Marquis of TA-. , :srocg. is to receive the hand of I,Tly ANA , ; MARIA STANHOPE this evening, at the hon,e of tier father, tht Earl o f H ARRINGTON, in the Stabl e Yard,- St. James'i. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY 's to perform the ceremony,. and the Prince of WALES. is to give away the Bride.—. The Earl of HAKRINGTON is in Ireland.—The young couple are so an"able as to afford every prospect of would happiness. EMERY has been more successful at York., tha i tlit , any other place that he has visited during tiie.sum tner recess. He first raised himself into notice in that city, and i 3 of course an obje& of particular at tention now that his talents are matured by experi mice,CooKE is to perform at the same place when Laity's engagement expires, 3nd Miss DUNCAN is tO 10110 W. CO RN - EXCHANce, AUGUST 3.—The arrivals of 'Wheat to-day make a tolerable supply, and the ge neral sales are made at about 2s. per quarter ad vance ; Barley nearly at last prices; Fine Malt a trifle dearer; White Pease are again lower; Beans of the tw o kinds are cheaper; there are large Arrivals of Oats, and this trade is likewise quoted eheapar ; Flour fully supports its prices. 37 1 SPANISH PAPERS. •BiNEZA, JULY 18 —We are under orders to rtiarch to Manzanal,which is 3 leagues from Astorga, , tq taxe some rest, and to procuie some refreshments, afiei• the late battle, in which the troops of t 1 line Performed prodigies of valour front five in the morn ing until eleven ; and if the peasantry'had had a.little more experience, they would have given effeCtive assistance instead of contributing to the preservation of so many 'Frenchmen. The firing began with the troops of Navarra, Manama, and thegrenadiers,who, in a very short space of time, gat' possession of three or four pieces of artillery but a column of the enemy having attacked that part of our line where the pea santry were poSted, threw them into confusion, at tacked the regulars in flank, and recovered their can non. 'Nevertheless some of the peasantry stood their ground : nobly, as . all of them will do when they are a little. accustomed to military operations ; for this was the first. trial ; and.,,under all the cir cumstances, a retreat for the present is a prudent measure. VELORIA, RILY 1 9.—" You see I am arrived 1 here. Our army has retreated to Manzanal„ and a part of them to nenevente, to repose themselves after the encounter between our advanced corps and the French army, the result of which, notwithstand ing our retreat, must, in my opinion, have caused them a.loss of 7000 men. All those who witnessed the first attack, even our enemies the French, speak of the condu& of our artillery in terms of thebighest ,praise. The French infantry were, on that occa sion, compelled to retreat. Upon seeing this, the ;peasantry began to toss up their hats and caps, and to exclaim " Viva Fernando VII." but ita the mean time, our General, more prudent and experiene&l, observing a number of column of 'French cavalry coming along the mountains, addressed them in these words : " My children, give over your vivas for the present ; recollect that the vialory still re mains to be decided, and that it requires much yet to be done." • • " The words were scarcely spoken, when a fresh body of from 4 to 5000 cavalry entered the field. Our artillery advanced to meet them, and the horse . and their riders fell at every discharge. Those of the troops who penetrated farthest towards the centre of the French army, and sustained the greatest loss, were the columns of Gallicia, and the Volunteers of Navarra. . The artillery entirely destroyed three columns of the Fiench cavalry. We took one standard, and a great number of horses ; and it is reported that their General was killed. A single artillerv-man is said to have fired, in the space Of ,seven hours, 190 rounds of grape-shot, and with such precision that every one was supposed to have done . eiecution.. Our General ordered that he should, as a reward, receive ten reals a day, over and above his pay." LAKE, JULY, ig.—D. FRANCISCO ANTONIO PLA, Captain of the Spanis 4 Privateer Briton de Rosa, who is arrived from La Guyara, which 'place he left on - the 30th of May, positively states, that his Catholic ,Majesty, 'FgItDINAND VII. was proclaimed in the Caraccas, and at La Guayara, amidst the greatest ,rejoicings. They had received To telligenee of the events which had taken place at Aranjuez, by the Packet, commanded by D... 1 os OREYRO. CORINNA DIARY EXTRAORDINARY, JULY :7. Br ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT. " By a dispatch froth the General in Chief, dated the 15th inst. information has been received, that, in consequence of the imperious necessity imposed tipOn the army of this kingdom to assist that of Cas tile, an assistance corresponding with the sentiments with Which all of us have been animated from the beginning, he was compelled to risk an engagement with the enemy in the Morning of the 14th, at Rio Seco ; that the engagement was very obstinate, and That the enemy left four pieces of Cannon but that their numerous cavalry having compelled our left, with which the army of Castile Was incorporated, to give way, he had thought proper to retreat towards. Benevente. " Our General mentions, in terms of appropriate praise, the valour of The Officers and soldiers, and more especially that of the right wing of his army. He expresses his satisfaaion, that the honour of our arms has suffered no diminution ; that our losses are capable of btung speedily repaired by the aaivity of the Goyernment, and the known patriotism of the natives of this kingdom ; that the Enemy is supe rior. to us in cavalry only ; and that th e ta &i ca l knowledge ofour Generals will deprive them of that advantage." REMONSTRANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF-SPAIN TO THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF CASTILE. (FROM THE SEVILLE MINISTERIAL GAZETTE.) Spain had lost or was about to lose all that is dear ' to a great and valiant nation. She had lost a King whom she loved, and a Royal Family which she had placed on her throne, at the expence of rivers of - blood ; she was about to lose her independence, which she had conquered from the Moors by eight centuries of battles and viaories ; her religion, which she had gloriously preserved from the time of the Apostles; her national chara&er, and the customs which have rendered her celebrated and respeEted ' among the nations of Europe; the property of her territory, and the personal property of her inhabi tants ; evell the very air we breathe was about to be prohibited to us. The Spanish Nation has risen with general indig nation, and has sworn to deliver its King, who has been perfidiously snatched away, and to defend its rights, which have been invaded by the most un bridled tyranny. In these times of mourning and confusion, what has the Supreme Council of the Aationdonefor Spain; that august Senate, the sole bulwark of our Consti tution, the sacred depository of the Law, and the righful adviser of the Monarchy ! - What has it done, what has it attempted for our defenee ? A second Brennus, prepared to bring Spain under the yoke ; have our Senators presented themselves to death have they even taken refuge among our brave war riors, who had taken up arms for the defence of the country ? These questions the Nation puts to the Council ; and posterity will put them also. • That incorruptible and inevitable judge, the final distribu tor of praise and infamy, will either cover.this Su preme Senate with blessings, or will condemn it co , the contempt and detestation of future generations. The decision of this grand point depends op the acs the CounCil has performed.—Ali ! why has the Spa nish People, so loyal, so great, so generous, seen itself obliged to disown the authority of the Supreme Ma gistracy?--You who defended with undaunted cour age the supposed criminals olf the Escurial against the authority of a weak Monarch, and the suggestions of a favourite who governed him ; you who under the aegis of a proteding judgMent made them invulnera ble to the darts of despotiun already, lifted to stiike them; hoW have you in such critical circumstances as'those that have since occurred, how haye you sus tained the honour of the .Nation, the san&ity of. the Laws, and the sacred rights oldie legitimate Heir 1 You who.gave your sandion to the at of abdication Of CI-14%111.ES the IVth, and fulfilled .the desire of Spain by proclaiming FERDrNtklin You,'in fine, who, possessing the .confidence of the new King, and restored to the antient dignity and consi deration which were due to you,-. were proceeding under the same auspices to re-establish the authority of the laws, having already destroyed the arbitrary tyranny of the Minister who oppressed you. You, oh, afiliding thought ! you yourselves have favoured and given sanction to the bloody edicts of the Duke of BERG, to the decree which raised him to the Liente ,nantcy of the kingdom, amidst the groans of dying Spaniards,. assassinated by his order ; you gave.your sandiOn to the scandalous and illegal abdications of Bayonne ; to the orders, of Napoleon and of Murat, slirededto disarm the nation, and to put do wn th e public spirit, in fine, to the decree elevating Joseph Buonaparte to the throne of Spain. _ _ Speak, Supreme Magistrates ; Europe and poste rity listen to you . Both one and the other will .'fudge between you and the great Nation of whose right's' you are the depositories. Why have you taken the yoke of the Emperor of the French and placed it on the necks of the Spaniards ? Was it from the draad of his power, or in the hope of that prosperity Which he has so liberally Prornised us ? We will not here impute 'to you any other motives of a more shameful nature. yo - dreaded his p-tswer; you were anxious to preserve the nation from those evils which it suffered in the war of the succession. Know that a great na tion thinks 'no evil so great as the loss of its inde-; pendence. The war of succession, it is true, in tliEted some grievous Wounds upon us; but it roused us from the dull torpor - in which ,we lay under the last Princes of the House of Austria ; but it gave us a degree of consideration and preponderancy in,the political system of Europe, which we never would have obtained but for our generous sacrifices for the cause of the Bourbons 3 . but we acquired by it that energy, which, under the ministry of Cardinal Al beroni, would have elevated us to the summit of our' ancient .splendour, had not the timid and distrustful policy of the Regent of France oppressed us. Yes ! and how did you propose to deliver us . ? by means' of submission ! For what advantage ) that the flower of . our youth 'should be marched, girt with swords not their own, to be the instruments of a barbarous ambition in other regions, and to rep, verge On innocent nations the disgrace of their own slavery ! that our 'properties should be invaded, our temples polluted, our . charaaer debased, and our customs dishonoured. From what evils would your then have delivered us ? you Think you would have done your duty When you would have procured for us the tranquillity of the grave ? If- we are to die, let us die of- a raging fever, .rather. than of a tedious consumption. You feared we should not be able to resist the' power of- Napoleon. You feared that the-Spaniards could not, in defence of: their independence, resist the wretches whom their destiny bad condemned to be the satelliteS of despotism. And if we: should be conquered, what then ! have not the Spaniards known at all times how to prefer a glorioUs death to a life of infamy ? But you pared fir yourselves. " You were threatened with proscription, with death, if you did not compromise with your tyrants. To this the na ' tion answers : it is disgraceful in a private dual to fear death when the maintenance of rights so sacred is in question ; but in a magistrate, in a sol dier, in a public man, this fear is something more than a disgrace—it is a crime. You have purchas ed, perhaps, a few years more of office and of life, at the expence of our independence. Oh, shame !• Is it thus you answer for the sacred deposit which the Nation confided t 6 you ? Is this what you pro mised in your Proclamation of the : sth of May,wheu you. undertook • to calm and tranquillize the nation, to prevent its taking arms in defence of its and • its liberty ; when you gave assurance that you su-• perintended and took part in all the businesS of the Government, and that you remembered that you were, front the moment of your establishment, the depositories of the con fid ence and of the rights of Spain ? Did you mean by that order to display an enlightened and prudent patriotism, or was it only a stratagem, intended to make the Country receive securely, and without any preparation for defence, the tyrannical yoke which was about to be imposed, that there Should be then no time, arrangement, or means to shake off that yoke 2. Flow will you an swer to this dreadful accusation.? In fine, if you believed that the new dynasty would make the na tion'happy, you are the weakest of mortals. The barbarity of Vandalism.is marked in the footsteps of the armies of Buonaparte, and the most atrocious Machiavelism presides over his political determina lions.' Never has happiness been presented to men under such sad auspices. Europe is threatened with all the horrors of the barbarous ages, and Spain is to be happy under the iafluence of bayonets and of perfidy." _ _ _ On the view of these fads, which the people of Spain denounce to Europe and to posterity, your voice cannot be heard by the nation. Spain neither participates your terms nor suffers herself to be e duced by your hopes. Time will judge between us. But, in the mean time, we will live or die free.— Slavery is the only evil that we dread, and our hopes are firm in our valour, and in the prote6tion of the GOD OF JUSTICE. CORUNNA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,. JULY 28. The Supreme Junta ot Galicia announces the re ceipt of . a dispatch from the Junta of Seville, dated the tt th of July, which states the arrival at Seville of Don Manuel Torrado, Deputy from the kingdom of Galicia, who is inyested with full, powers to unite and concentrate the troops of both kingdoms, under the authority ,of the_Junta ot Seville. .The Supreme Junta of Granada has also entk.-!red into the same treaty, consenting that their troops should he at the 1 I I disposal of the Genera: tr, Chief, also the treaties already made, and those be hereafter Wade, with the Engtiih Nati Jaen and Cordoua aim submit f:o our and have received Military Coiniz,..m(hrs fr, The .greater part of our army is toran ;troops, with every necessiry rerittis at present neai , Andujar, on the eve of atiaCkit and destroy the troops, under G.Niera i l DuP:titi ; who in the most barbarous utannur sacked Cordoij and Jaen. 'We trust in God to give a good account of this army, and free us from such ferocious ene mies;- we may then unite ourselves withihat of your kingdom, Valencia, Arragon, Old Castile, and those of the rest of Spain ; we shall begin to destroy the French at Madrid, and . follow .them up until we ,drive them out of the kingdom. • For so weighty an utidertakitig it is necessary all should unite into the cloSest compaa, and of free accord ; and, in order to facilitate this grand objeti, we have prepared a ritunber of copies of a paper ;styled Premintiuns; which we hope has duly arrived. The Canary Islands have sent us Deputies, and eve remaitriaohe most perfect union: PE4M THE SEVILLE GAZETTE General Sa bran arrived here (Tarragon) on the 7th of June, with 3400 infantry and Gun cavalry, but did nut date to enter the city, though it, was undefended, till Ir. Smith went out to receive.him. The following -day, in the'morhing, he detached Woo men, who were obliged to return; because the peasants stopped 'the passes. They said they were going to Valencia ; but after putting in execution their threats of plun dering the house., and committing a thousand acts Of inhumanity and sacrilege, they marched thr Bar- Celoni.. On the t Bth, we learn, _that being inter rupted in their march ‘by the peasantry and people of the' neighbouring towns, they designed to return thither. Upon this-we put ourselves iu a state of defence, planted the walls with artillery, and sent an Adjutantto the peasantry to take the dire6tion of them, and to supply them with powder and ball.— The French set fire to - the church of Arbos, and to virio , is houses and villages. At length tine rage of the pea Kink became ungovernable. They took post on the summit and steep sides or a hollow road with . a ravine, the bridge of which they broke down; and in this position they waited for the French. The first column of the enemy's chasseurs was mowed dOwo althost to a man by 11:4 first discharge, their infantry tell into diSorder, and, thanks to the con stauX tire kept up it wag unable to rally. General Sabran wasshordeadlay a person of the nam e o f Valdes. .iVot a single Frenchman escaped being killed or made prisoner." EsTF .LA, JULY 7.-4-" We. are almost entirely cut on from any coutinutik:ation with the rest of Spain, being surrounded by French troops, who are a most gri.tvous burden upon the inhabitants'ot tins place ditotateemirons, •It appears;that within four days the French Emperor will cause his beloved bro 'therdole'nir. to be proclaimed in the Provinces King aria lawful Sovereign of Spain ; and that the dharm edLinhubitauts will speedily enjoy the presence of so .amiable :a Monarch. As his Majesty has been pleased to remit the tax of the quarto and quartillo, among-thq grand festivities attending his Proclama tion, extraordinary honours will no doubt be paid to the - jolly Bacchus, the god to. whom our new-made -King pays his chief devotion ! Wretch-that lie is,!,Can.he think that the Spanish veople,.for-Ple beisg.-tr.ty consideration of Jim, nza raacclies, will renounce their right to the preserva tion of their religion, their customs, and their laws ? Yet, t his «as the first ad- of his imaginary 'soveregn ty. His •sagacious Counsellors told him, that the cloud of , opposition which *was formed in Spain against-himself and his brother would be instantly dissipated, upon, his remitting the tax, on wine, and promising to regulate the expenditure of the Royal Establishment. But our public papers have already tohjAheso, that ald this and more will not do. The Spaniards are not so penurious as to grudge what is expended 4i. the Royal Palace; in maintaining the dignity of our Sovereigns. Hirt that particular there 'be room for any reform, let them give us back our Ferdinand, and let him and us consult about what is proper to , be done . ; but no ! cost what it may, Joseph must-be King of Spain." • I • , rit ion, row us. ur Ii at; a•ck GOITENBURGH MAIL. HEAD QUARTERS, GRALSBY, JULY 24.—His Royal Majesty left the Yacht Arnadis yesterday at half-past four o'clock in the t . ternoon, and arrived at half-past five o'clock in this place, where th e Ki ng h as b een pleased ' t "-l o e4t : - ablip - h his head-quarters. Mice-Admiral Baron RAYAZAN, a&ing as Naval Adjutant-General to his Majesty, has been sent with (he King's orders both to the Flotilla of Galleys stationed off Abo, and to our Squadron of Men of War which is lying in Jungtriesund and off Hango -(Stochhelm Guutte, July 27.) VAENNA, JULY 18.--Intelligence has this day been received from Trieste, that Count KAUNITZ KIELBURG, , who resided at the Royal Neapolitan Court as Imperial Austrian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, has arrived there from Messina, on board an Austrian Ship, under convoy of the Imperial Arnied Brig dEuius.—(Stockholm Gaze4te of . July 2,3.) VENICE, JULY 13.—An English Squadron, corn manded by Admiral THORLIBROUGII, is stationed off - PaitTmo ; and another English Squadron, under the orders!af Admiral STRACHAN, is cruizing be tween Sardinia and the Balearic Islands. The Rus sian Fleet, which is lying in this curt, makes no kind of preparation which indicate an intention to depart. 'the Flcct which was (Ai Porto Eerrajo is now in Toulon.— (The same Paper.) Last Thursday a woman dieu at Si. Bartholo mew's Hospital of hyOrophobia, which arose from the hae Py a load cut exactly one month 'before; the Symptuali oydrophoo:a were only three days (put) , Jer, put they ,‘ ru i.eryviplent ; she bit seve rot pefiunS, who have had the wounded parts cut out. • v